Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Hinckel, George S 1860 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 9, 2007, 12:21 am Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890 GEORGE S. HINCKEL. Among the rising young members of the legal profession in Joliet, may be properly mentioned the subject of this notice, whose portrait appears on the opposite page, and who is yet in the early prime of life. He has before him bright prospects for wealth and honor, and in future years will undoubtedly stand high among the attorneys of Illinois, as he now holds a conspicuous rank among those of Joliet. The native place of Mr. Hinckel was the city of Albany, N. Y., and he was born July 6, 1860. His immediate ancestors are Charles and Julia (Schwartz) Hinckel, the former a native of Germany and the latter of New York State. The father traced his lineage to a German family of distinction, and in his youth received a military education and training, afterward serving in high official capacities in the German and American armies. Early in life he crossed the Atlantic, having determined upon making a home in the United States, and located in Albany, N. Y., where he remained until 1874. That year he came to Illinois, and settling in Will County, soon became a prominent man in politics, affiliating with the Republican party. Soon after locating in Joliet, he was appointed, about 1876, Deputy Sheriff of Will County, and was subsequently elected Police Magistrate. The subject of this notice was the only child of his parents and pursued his early studies in the private schools and academies of his native State. In 1874 he came to Chicago, where his studies were ended and his business career begun. In 1883 he located in Joliet, and, while serving as Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court, entered upon the study of the law, under the instruction of the eminent lawyer, George S. House, Esq. In the meantime he held the above mentioned office nearly five years. He was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court in December, 1887, but did not commence the regular duties of his profession until the 1st of November, 1889. He is a sound Republican, politically, and is also a prominent member of the military order of Sons of Veterans, and of the chief social organization, the Union Club. Mr. Hinckel contracted his present matrimonial ties July 15, 1889, at the bride's home in Brooklyn, N. Y., with Miss Nellie J. Dobiecki. Mrs. Hinckel was born October 2, 1865, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and both she and her husband are connected by ties of relationship with some of the best known and most highly respected families of the East. They live in comfort in a neat home in the eastern part of the city, and number their friends among its cultured people. Additional Comments: Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/hinckel1511nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb